Visible at latitudes between +90° and −50°
Best visible at 21:00 (9 p.m.) during the month of June

Other designations: Arctophylax

Boötes Constellation chart

Boötes, pronounced with both 'O's as 'boötez',[1] is a constellation in the northern sky. The name is from the Greek word Βοώτης, which means herdsman – someone who takes care of animals.

The constellation's shape is like a kite. Boötes has the fourth brightest star in the night sky, called Arcturus.[2] The astronomer Ptolemy listed it in the 2nd century when he made a list of 48 constellations.[3]